Local groups gather water for seniors

Watermark

The box in the lobby of La Estancia will collect bottled water
donations through August. The box will be emptied weekly or monthly
and water will be distributed to Salvation Army Senior Centers.
This is the first year Watermark at Home has done a water
drive.

Everyone needs water during the summer and local groups are
helping to make sure they get it by taking part in Watermark at
Home's first water drive.

Watermark at Home is a Medicare certified homecare agency that
provides nursing and therapy to patients at home. As part of a goal
to do community service each quarter they decided to dedicate this
quarter to a water drive benefitting Salvation Army Senior
Centers.

Ahwatukee Foothills nursing and rehabilitation center, La Estancia,
has partnered with Watermark at Home to be a drop-off location for
donations.

"I think Ahwatukee is a great community," said Herb Cook, executive
director for La Estancia. "As leaders of a community we want to
partner and help with any public outreach plan that we can do
together. What better partner than Watermark and Salvation
Army?"

La Estancia will have a large box placed in their front reception
area to collect water donations. The donations will be picked up by
Watermark and taken to the Salvation Army's two Valley senior
centers located in Phoenix and Mesa. Monetary donations will also
be accepted and used to purchase more water.

"A lot of what we see is seniors needing hospitalization and
emergency room visits due to dehydration," said Patty Kuzia,
executive director of Watermark at Home. "Whatever we can do as
providers to seniors, that's what we're all about. We have partners
all over the community working with us to get water to
seniors."

Sound Packaging, LLC., of Chandler donated all the boxes for
collection.